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Courage has to do with controlling fear and it seems to me that focus has a way of overcoming anxiety.

Tommy Franks

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Tommy Franks
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: June 17
Wynnewood
Oklahoma
Tommy Ray Bentley
Tommy Ray Franks
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